Rubus allegheniensis

Also called Highbush Blackberry

Single white flowers
Sweet black thimble-shaped fruit
Textured green leaves are usually made up of three leaflets
Foliage turns to yellow to red or purple in the fall
Thorny canes are upright then arch over to reroot
A good colonizer
Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer

ZONE:
4

COLOUR:
White

HEIGHT:
100-125 cm

SPREAD:
175-200 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

This native plant grows best in sunny conditions with a slightly dry, sandy soil. It can be seen growing wild in abandoned fields and along forest edges.

Additional Notes about Alleghany Blackberry:

Native to Ontario

Has been used by Canada's aboriginals, medicinally, for a variety of aches and pains.

Characteristics & Attributes

SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average
Well-drained
Average to Dry Soils

ATTRIBUTES:
Fall Color
Deciduous
Fruit

FLOWERING TIME:
Summer

HABIT:
Mounding
Upright
Clumping

FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green

LANDSCAPE USES:
Woodland/woods edge
Naturalizing

Alleghany Blackberry

Rubus allegheniensis

Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Additional Notes about Alleghany Blackberry:

Characteristics & Attributes

THESE PLANTS ARE

suitable substitutions for Rubus allegheniensis

Rubus ideaus var. strigosus

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Rubus occidentalis

BLACK RASPBERRY